China Selects Westinghouse AP1000 Nuclear Power Technology
- Company committed to long-term, mutually beneficial relationship
- Award will have significant U.S. employment implications
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company and
its consortium partner, The Shaw Group, Inc., (NYSE: SGR) today thanked
China's State Nuclear Power Technology Company (SNPTC) for selecting the
Westinghouse AP1000 as the technology basis for four new nuclear power
plants to be constructed at the Sanmen and Yangjiang sites.
"Westinghouse is certainly pleased that China has selected the AP1000,
the very same advanced plant design that is the technology of choice for
most of the new plant programs announced to date in the United States,"
said Steve Tritch, Westinghouse President and CEO. "We now look forward to
working with our Chinese customer to negotiate final contract details so
that we can formally implement this forward-looking new build program."
Mr. Tritch also said that Westinghouse, a group company of Toshiba
Corporation, will work with SNPTC to forge a long-term relationship that
will be in the best interests of all parties, including the citizens and
governments of the Peoples Republic of China and the United States.
Westinghouse, with the world's largest installed base of operating
nuclear power plants, said the selection of the AP1000 would create or
sustain 5,000 well-paying design, engineering and manufacturing jobs
throughout the United States.
These jobs will help to load Westinghouse design and manufacturing
facilities in Pennsylvania, New England, South Carolina and Utah.
Additional jobs will be created at U.S.-based suppliers in at least 20
states, including at major architectural, design and construction
organizations. Included are projected jobs in Massachusetts, New Jersey,
North Carolina, and Louisiana for Shaw.
"This is truly a win-win for China and the United States," Mr. Tritch
continued. "China benefits because it will move closer to its goal of
energy independence through deployment of the AP1000 technology, which is
in our view the safest and most efficient nuclear power plant now available
in the worldwide marketplace. The United States benefits through both job
creation and the multi-billion dollar export of products, technology and
services."
Mr. Tritch also said the benefits are long-term in nature.
"Approximately one-half of the scope for these first four plants will be
sourced from within China," he said. "Over time, though, as Westinghouse
wins additional contracts for new plant work in China, additional scope
will be sourced in-country. However, Westinghouse, our U.S. supplier base
and our consortium partners will continue to benefit much as we do now in
the Republic of Korea, where recent new plant awards from that country's
maturing industry still provide about 0 million per plant in U.S.
scope."
The selection of Westinghouse to supply new nuclear plants in China is
the most recent in a series of positive announcements regarding the AP1000
and new construction. Previously, the AP1000 has been identified as the
technology of choice for no less than 12 new projected plants in the United
States.
经历了一年多的艰难选择，中国核电大蛋糕最后还是选择了美国西屋公司的第三代核技术AP1000
放弃了法国核电技术（NND太贵，还不转让技术，修个大亚湾，就用了我们40亿dolla,这次竞标也
是贼贵）、俄罗斯核电技术（太水，原来出口给我们的江苏连云港核电站到现在还不能满功率运行，
我们英明的中央当然不敢再要俄罗斯的货了）
美国西屋公司的第三代核技术虽然设计先进、价钱也还可以接受并且愿意转让技术，但是也留下问题
多多啊，主要有以下三个问题：
1、现在美国西屋公司被TMD日本东芝公司收购了，说白了，西屋公司现在成了东芝的了，中日关系
让人担忧。（说实话，搞核电的人心里都不愿意和小日本合作的，在核电小区很少看到日本车就可见
一般。拿核电老员工的话说：小日本不是好东西，他们骨子里看不起中国人，做生意会想办法让你进
圈套，我们原来搞核电买他们的设备，吃哑巴亏多了！现在见了小日本，就想打！）
2、西屋公司的竞标报价尽管比法国法玛通公司的低不少，但是搞核电人都知道，老外的报价一般都
只是“交钥匙工程”，建设工程过程中的人员管理费用、贷款利息费用……都不包括的，仔细算下来，
其实价钱也不便宜的，我现在搞得就是核电建设资金概预算和投资计划方面的工作，这方面比较的了解
，具体数据在这里就不便透露了，但我可以肯定地是：若按照我们国内的核电建建设资金算法来算的话，西屋公司的报价也会便宜到哪里去的，老美也不傻，他要赚钱的。
3、西屋公司的AP1000核技术尽管在设计上似乎很完美，但是毕竟现在在世界上没有一座成型的核反应堆存在，谁也不敢保证建成后运行是否会出问题，设计和实物还是有差别的。老美为何不在美国先建座
AP1000核电站？而要费尽周折来中国推销它的技术，而且比法国的价格便宜不少，我们应该好好思考？
（我们出口给巴基斯坦核电站时，我们有自己的打算；难道这次老美出口给我们的核电站时就没有同样的小九九？我们确实需要认真考虑）
我认为这次党中央的核电招标选择也是很无奈的：
1、秦山二期的自主化核电站（国家暂时还是有点不信任，不敢用国产的技术，呼呼，干核电的人心里都明白，秦山二期其实就是大亚湾的翻版，说白了，还是人家法国人的技术。呵呵，印证了中国人耐以生存那句话：If your can make it ,we can fake it!）
2、法国法玛通的技术又贵又不转让技术，几次谈判，法国佬就是不低头，党中央也没办法，法国佬现在就是拽。原来只搞一个大亚湾，就40亿个dolla；现在要搞几十个大亚湾，中国暂时还不能那么财大气粗。
3、美国西屋公司的AP1000技术看起来不错、价钱也还可以接受，关键是愿意转让技术，本来中国早就准备选它了，但是突然峰回路转，小日本来捣蛋，东芝花50多亿dolla把西屋收购了，中日关系让中国领导头痛不已。
所以说党中央最终选择美国西屋，也只能算是个权宜之计了，没办法的选择，否则原定去年就完成的招投标为何会一直拖到今年底，可以肯定党中央也权衡了很长很长时间。
党中央提出了核电中长期的发展战略，到2020年前每年至少要开工一座百万装机容量的核电站，现在已经将其中四座的订单给了美国西屋公司，可见未来还有更大的订单在后面。
党中央这次选择美国西屋，也许是战略上的考虑、谈判技巧吧——为了气气法国佬，你别以为你核电技术先进，核电发电量大，就那么牛B，要价高还不转让技术。这次我们就故意选择美国技术来气气你，让你好好反省下，看你下次来竞标还不低点头……
不管怎样吧，都希望中国的核电事业发展能够越走越顺、越来越自主化！
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